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Places of Interest

Königstein Fortress

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Königstein Fortress, the "Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein on the left bank of the River Elbe.

Hunger stone

Stone

Photo: Sastognuti, Public domain.

A hunger stone is a type of hydrological landmark common in Central Europe. Hunger stones serve as famine memorials and warnings and were erected in Germany and in ethnic German settlements throughout Europe in the 15th through 19th centuries.

Lilienstein

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lilienstein is a highly distinctive mountain in Saxon Switzerland, in Saxony, southeastern Germany, and was once the site of a Bohemian castle. It is one of the few table mountains on the east of the river Elbe and constitutes the symbol of the Saxon Switzerland National Park.

Places in the Area

Rathen

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rathen is a spa town in Saxon Switzerland, Germany. It is close to the Bastei, the most famous rock formation and spectacular viewpoint in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

Bad Schandau

Photo: Jynto, CC BY 3.0.

Bad Schandau is a spa town in Germany, in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district of Saxony. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, at the mouth of the valley of the Kirnitzsch and in the area often described as Saxon Switzerland.

Gohrisch

Village

Photo: Dirk Schmidt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gohrisch is a village.

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